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The tree is grown and propagated from shoots that form spontaneously in the axils of lower leaves. Pandanus fruits are eaten by animals including bats, rats, crabs, and elephants, but the vast majority of species are dispersed primarily by water. [8] Its fruit can float and spread to other islands without help from humans. [19]
Pandanus solms-laubachii is an evergreen tree usually growing up to about 10 m (33 ft) high, but may reach 20 m (66 ft) on occasions. [5] [6] It has an upright trunk around 15 cm (5.9 in) in diameter and an open, widely branching crown.
Pandanus obeliscus is a screwpine, or pandan endemic to Madagascar, [1] Its common name is vacoua en pyramide. It is up to sixty feet (18 meters) in height and up to three feet (0.91 meters) in diameter at breast height. By reason of its very thick primary growth it may be the most massive (heaviest) of all pandans. [2]
Pandanaceae is a family of flowering plants native to the tropics and subtropics of the Old World, from West Africa to the Pacific.It contains 982 known species [2] in five genera, [3] of which the type genus, Pandanus, is the most important, with species like Pandanus amaryllifolius and karuka (Pandanus julianettii) being important sources of food.
Pandanus tectorius is a species of Pandanus (screwpine) that is native to Malesia, Papuasia, eastern Australia, and the Pacific Islands. It grows in the coastal lowlands typically near the edge of the ocean. [ 3 ]
Pandanus utilis is a palm-like evergreen tree, ranging in height up to 20 metres (66 ft). They are found in tropical areas and have an upright trunk that is smooth with many horizontal spreading branches with annular leaf scars.
Pandanus pluriloculatus is a tree up to 22 m tall with a dark brown bark and a spiny trunk up to 30 cm in diameter. The crown of the tree is narrowly cylindric, with three spirals of large leaves at the top. Most of the trunk below the crown has many short branchlets with narrow leaves and fruit spikes.
Named for the Scottish explorer David Livingstone (1813-1873), this palm-like tree on stilt roots also has the appearance of a mangrove, and occurs in Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zaire and Angola. [1] Its preferred habitat is along river banks and in freshwater swamps, where it is sometimes found in extensive stands, growing to an altitude of ...